
Centogene and Anylam launch clinical programme
ATTRv is an autosomal dominant condition caused by a pathogenic variant in the TTR gene coding for transthyretin (prealbumin)....

Topas raises €22m in Series B financining
Topas Therapeutics GmbH has closed a €22m (~$26mn) Series B financing round co-led by Vesalius BioCapital III and BioMedPartners with participation...

3,000+ experts discuss bioeconomy globally
First editions of the summit took place in Berlin in 2015 and 2018. This year, due to the pandemic, it is not taking place in Berlin as...

BioNTech reports high efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine
BioNTech/Pfizer are the first COVID-19 vaccine developers who provided the definitive proof-of-concept that it is possible to protect people from an...

Pfizer/BioNTech sign vaccine contract with EC
The deal includes an option for the European Commission to request an additional 100 million doses of BNT-162-b2. That's the largest initial order of...

UK approves Biontech/Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine
Biontech SE in Mainz, Germany, and Pfizer Inc. announced that the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the United Kingdom...

EU approves second COVID-19 vaccine
The EU has secured a total of 160 million doses of mRNA-1273 from the US-American manufacturer Moderna, which has outsourced production sites on the...